LONDON.—Who are the bravest of the five and half million who have served with the United Kingdom forces in this war? One does not necessarily mean the Victoria Cross winners, who are in a class of their own, but the men whose sustained gallantry and invincible courage helped to win Britain's land, sea and air battles, not once, but time and time again. This is the listing of the most decorated fighting men by ...
Article : 1,031 wordsATHENS.— A young Australian woman, Mrs Blanche Kouvelis, whose parents live in Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, lived for four weeks at a clinic in the centre of the northern area of Athens in which some of the fiercest street fighting took place. ...
Article : 237 wordsNEW YORK. -— One of America's prize Guernsey bulls, "Caunmsett Spitfire." gasped for breath in an oxygen tent at Hardwick, ...
Article : 95 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—After two successive rises in 1942, and 1943, when the number of drunks increased from 3103 to 4825, City ...
Article : 176 wordsLONDON.— When Alsatians believed the Allies, were planning a with— drawal from Alsace French Nazis cheered and danced in the streets ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON,—The minutes of a secret meeting at the Palazzo Venezia on May 29, 1940, when Mussolini announced to his chief of staff his decision to declare was against the Allies are published in the newspaper "Italia Libera" says a special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" in Rome. ...
Article : 367 wordsAMERICAN SHIPYARDS ARE ENGAGED in a construction programme for 80,000 landing craft of all types to be used in Allied amphibious ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 63 wordsLONDON.— Government departments and" leading scientists "have secretly conferred on new methods of combating V2 rockets, apart from bombing launching sites and workshops, says the Daily Mail. Scientists have discovered that the rocket is not radio controlled, but that the ...
Article : 356 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.,—On the eve. of his retirement from the Manpower Directorate, the Deputy Manpower Director, Mr. C. J. Bellemore, left ...
Article : 149 wordsOTTAWA.—The Minister for Trade Mr Mackinnon, reviewing the wartime growth of Canada's mercantile marine, said Canada entered the war ...
Article : 110 wordsOTTAWA.— The Australian "Flying Doctor" service will be matched soon by a "Flying Priest" service in Canada. ...
Article : 101 wordsNEW YORK—The British Government has asked the United States to supply under Lend-Lease 30,000 prefabricated houses to shelter portion ...
Article : 91 wordsThe out of four in Australia think that preference should be given to returned serviceman either permanently or for a period of years, according to a survey made in December by the Australian Public Opinion Polls. There has been a drift of opinion, however, in favour of limiting preference to five or 10 years. The question asked by the ...
Article : 439 wordsNEW YORK.— The first church council of the Russian Orthodox Church held in Russia since 1917 will meet shortly to elect a ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON.— Sir Clive Baillicu, who is in Australia, was nominated for the presidency of the Federation of British Industries for the ensuing ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON.—A call-up for the Italian Army has again led to disturbances in Sicily, and as a result of a clash between Italian troops and ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON.— The American and Berman commanders in the area of St. Nazaire, which is, held by the Germans, have agreed to a truce which started on ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Tue 16 Jan 1945, Page 3
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